Psalms 51:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Do not reject me! Do not take your holy Spirit away from me!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַסְתֵּ֣ר פָּ֭נֶיךָ מֵחֲטָאָ֑י וְֽכָל־עֲוֺ֖נֹתַ֣י מְחֵֽה׃

Transliteration

hastēr pānêkā from-ḥăṭāʾāy and-all-ʿăwōnōtay məḥēh

Grammar Details

• *hastēr*: Hiphil imperative masculine singular - hide
• *pānêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face
• *ḥăṭāʾāy*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my sins
• *ʿăwōnōtay*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my iniquities
• *məḥēh*: Qal imperative masculine singular - blot out

Word Meanings

• *hastēr*: hide/conceal/cover
• *pānêkā*: your face/presence/person
• *ḥăṭāʾāy*: my sins/offenses/failures
• *ʿăwōnōtay*: my iniquities/guilts/punishments
• *məḥēh*: blot out/wipe away/erase

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 13:23 : 23 But the LORD had mercy on them and felt pity for them. He extended his favor to them because of the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.
• Eph 4:30 : 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
• Isa 63:10-11 : 10 But they rebelled and offended his holy Spirit, so he turned into an enemy and fought against them. 11 His people remembered the ancient times. Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherd of his flock? Where is the one who placed his holy Spirit among them,
• 1 Sam 10:10 : 10 When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied among them.
• Rom 8:9 : 9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him.
• Ps 71:18 : 18 Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.
• Jer 7:15 : 15 And I will drive you out of my sight just like I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel.’”
• Luke 11:13 : 13 If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
• John 14:26 : 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
• Rom 1:4 : 4 who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
• 1 Sam 16:14 : 14 David Appears before Saul Now the Spirit of the LORD had turned away from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him.
• 2 Sam 7:15 : 15 But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
• 2 Kgs 17:18-23 : 18 So the LORD was furious with Israel and rejected them; only the tribe of Judah was left. 19 Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the LORD their God; they followed Israel’s example. 20 So the LORD rejected all of Israel’s descendants; he humiliated them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence. 21 He tore Israel away from David’s dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from the LORD and encouraged them to commit a serious sin. 22 The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam and did not repudiate them. 23 Finally the LORD rejected Israel just as he had warned he would do through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.
• 2 Kgs 23:27 : 27 The LORD announced,“I will also spurn Judah, just as I spurned Israel. I will reject this city that I chose– both Jerusalem and the temple, about which I said,“I will live there.”
• 2 Kgs 24:20 : 20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the LORD’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
• Ps 43:2 : 2 For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
• Ps 71:9 : 9 Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!
• Gen 4:14 : 14 Look! You are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.”
• Gen 6:3 : 3 So the LORD said,“My Spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”
• Judg 13:25 : 25 The LORD’s Spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
• Judg 15:14 : 14 When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the LORD’s Spirit empowered him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in fire, and they melted away from his hands.
• Judg 16:20 : 20 She said,“The Philistines are here, Samson!” He woke up and thought,“I will do as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the LORD had left him.